Employability and everyday skills
Support with employability skills and courses.
Employability and everyday skills courses are currently being delivered face to face, remotely or as a mix of both. As these courses change their delivery method regularly, it is recommended that you contact your Work Coach for the latest information.
Avado FastFutures – a 12 week online programme of employability skills for 16-24 year olds
Babington – provides free online courses for employability, team leading and basic skills
Barclays Life Skills – interactive tools, films and activities to learn employability skills for young people
BITC Job Coaching – support for building confidence and learning new everyday skills
BT Stand Out Skills – help built around the skills required to job search and apply for jobs
Climbing Out – 5 day outdoor activity programme to rebuild confidence and self esteem after a traumatic event or injury
DCPTN and the Skills Network – distance learning for level 2 qualifications
Developing Career Resilience on Open Learn – free online course about staying resilient
EFL Trust – provides academic qualification and life skills
Free2learn – provides government funded life skills and courses to secure and maintain employment
Free courses for jobs on GOV.UK – how to apply for a free level 3 qualification
Go Train – free courses to improve your career prospects
Google Digital Garage Career Development – online courses for people looking for work or to progress their career
Instructus Skills – remote employability and career skill courses
Learning Curve Group – provides distance learning level 2 courses
LinkedIn – a jobseeker checklist, free webinars for jobsearch in challenging times, AI practice bots for interviews and career transition tools
OpenLearn – A DWP and Open University training tool to help people become more employable and find a job
Peopleplus – contact your Work Coach about this 2 day personal development in employability course
Resurgo – employability skills delivered online
Scope: Support to Work – free employability support
Skills to Succeed Academy – contact your Work Coach about this online employability skills training platform
Smart Works – provides interview training and interview clothes for unemployed women
Steadfast Training – provides employability skills courses
Strive Training – provides level 2 employability courses online
The Big Issue Recruit – provides re-employability coaching, CV support, interview help and everyday skills support that employers look for
The Blossom Charity – support programme for women to build new skills or set up a business
The Skills Network – courses for employability, everyday and career specific skills
The Skills Toolkit – free courses to help learn new skills or change jobs
Thomas Wall Trust – funding for accredited vocational training courses up to level 3
Timebanking – informal community mentoring and mutual support networks to learn new skills
Triage Central Ltd – provides tailored employability and core skills training for women
Young Women’s Trust Offer – employability services for women aged 18-30
UK Learns – variety of employability and career specific courses
Women’s Returners – contact your Work Coach about this programme for women looking to return to work
Employment and Skills Pod - The pod is open on Mondays and Wednesdays when advisors are available to provide one-to-one assessment
Adult Community Learning Bath College - This employability course, which runs over five weeks, provides an opportunity to gain feedback on your skills, interests, motivators and some job suggestions
Clean Slate Training & Employment - designed for people who have been out of work for a while and is an easy going, enjoyable two days where we’ll look at your job goals and aspirations
Community Learning Bristol - Various Employability Courses
Creative Youth Network - 121 careers advice and support over the phone and through video calls, employability courses and support in relation to getting a job
HWV @ The Gatehouse - Employment Enterprise Education - On-going courses, contact HWV for next available dates
Study Employability at SGS College - Employability courses
Sovereign Housing Association – contact your Work Coach about this employability course
Future Bright - West of England Combined Authority - Individual one-to-one support for those currently in employment who want to progress
Changes for Life Weston College - 5 week course for those that have been away from the employment market for some time or are looking for a new direction
Employment Support Weston College – other courses available at Weston College
Welcome to Wise Ability - Wise Ability – see website for course details
Employment and self-employment support (abri.co.uk) - project is aimed at unemployed 19+ who would benefit from help in accessing work or training
Skills to Succeed Academy (s2sacademy.com) - The academy is an online, employability skills training platform
Community employment hubs (somersetwestandtaunton.gov.uk) - Employment Hubs offer a wide range of support tailored to help you progress to your new job, change your career and more
Eat That Frog – Eat That Frog CIC- Employability programme - helping people back into work after a period of unemployment or lay-off
Short courses - Edventure - Hands-on courses open to anyone in Somerset to gain connections, advice, skills, experience and walk away with tangible next steps
OppNS Library North Somerset- Employment and Skills Hubs
Step Up Somerset - Helping you find where you need to be – Employment Support
Young Somerset - helps young people access training and employment opportunities, challenges the isolation of living in rural areas, provides individual support and advice on a range of issues and encourages participation in positive activities
Employment and Skills Hub - Gloucestershire County Council - A tailored package and ongoing support will be made available whether the resident needs training, a new career, advice, support, an apprenticeship and even more
Adult Education in Gloucestershire - Adult Education in Gloucestershire - Employability course on Mondays, 10.00am to 2.00pm, for 4 sessions over a 4-week period
Home - (bridgetrainingltd.co.uk) - Various Training Courses for ages 14 to 19 years
Study Employability at SGS College - Employability course and other courses available
Academy Courses - NOAH Enterprise- see website for details
Skillsmax - see website for details
Berkshire Employment Support Programme – Skills For Progress - Helping those who have found themselves out of work – increasing the likelihood of securing the role you want
Buckinghamshire Council Distance Online Learning - Online Distance Learning
MK College Free Courses – see website for details
New Directions College – see website for details
Pitman Training - Courses in Reading
Reactiv8 Employment Support – see website for employment support
Remit Training - see website for details
Slough CVS & WAM Get Involved Training & Events – see website for details
West Berkshire Training Consortium Newbury – see website for courses
Works For Us - Milton Keynes – see website for course details
Cornwall Marine - Marine Business Training Courses in Cornwall
Skills to Succeed Academy (s2sacademy.com) - A free, highly interactive, on line training programme designed specifically to meet the needs of young people
City College Plymouth - Employability Skills
Young Devon - help with preparation for Independent Living and Work Based Learning for 16-25 years olds
Deaf Umbrella – employment search support for deaf British Sign Language users in Kent
Deaf Umbrella – employment search support for deaf British Sign Language users in Kent
Kent Adult Education – provides a range of employability and starter courses for different sectors in Kent
Medway Adult Education – provides a range of employability and starter courses for different sectors in Medway
Orbit – contact your Work Coach about this employability and life skills course selection across Kent
RBLI – provides back to work support for people in Ashford, Chatham, Dartford, Dover, Gravesend and Margate
Romney Resource – provides jobsearch and CV courses
Social Enterprise Kent – provides employability support for Ashford, Canterbury, Chatham, Dover, Folkestone, Margate, Ramsgate, Sheerness and Sittingbourne
Swale Community and Voluntary Services – contact your Work Coach about this mentoring and employability programme for people aged over 45 in Chatham
The Education People – contact your Work Coach about this employability support for jobseekers aged 16 and over with a disability in Kent
Vision2Learn – provides employability and starter courses for different sectors in Kent
Voncap – provides distance learning for people with previous work experience to learn a new profession or skill in Kent
Deaf Umbrella – employment search support for deaf British Sign Language users in Kent
Empower4success – contact your Work Coach about this employability opportunity for people in Kentish Town, North Kensington and St Marylebone
MLB Learning Solutions – contact your Work Coach about this employability opportunity for people in North London
North London Partnership Consortium - MLB Learning Solutions – contact your Work Coach about this employability opportunity for people in North London interested in construction, child care, rail engineering and health and social care
Peabody Trust – contact your Work Coach about this employability opportunity for people in North London
Spear Camden – contact your Work Coach about this employability opportunity for young people aged 16-24 in North London
Deaf Umbrella – employment search support for deaf British Sign Language users in Kent
Cheshire College South & West - Find the right course
Cheshire West and Chester Council - Adult Learning - Skills end employment
CatZero - Various programmes
East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Employment education and skills
Goodwin Development Trust - Training, skills and opportunities
Working For Health - help you find or return to work.
Bridge Northumberland - Gain confidence, improve your skills and make changes in your life.
Growth Company Skills Support - programme of services aimed at supporting individuals to bridge their skills gaps and find work.
Chapeltown & Harehills Learning Project (CAHLP) - learning various subjects
Crosland Moor Community Learning Centre - Various courses
Leeds City Council - Community hubs
Leeds Smart Works - support women back into employment
Proper Job Theatre - The Lab Project - Course in improving confidence and employability skills in the local community
Leeds Smart Works - support women back into employment
Wakefield Council - STEP-UP - employment and skills service
Birmingham Centre The Prince’s Trust – offers employability support
Compass Support – provides Employability Skills Training
Enterkey Training Employability - provides Employability Skills Training
X-Cite: Employability – offers employability support to young people across Birmingham
Bilston Resource Centre – offers Employability and Life Skills Support
City of Wolverhampton College – offers Employability Skills: Preparing for an interview, Job Search, Applying for Work
Colleges West Midlands – offers Entry and Level 1 General vocational life and employability skills
Jobchange – offers support to over 50s in using a phone, tablet, laptop or PC
Access Community Trust – offers employability courses at Norfolk Community College for people in West Norfolk
Clarion Housing Group – contact your Work Coach about this employability course open to anyone in East Anglia regardless of whether you are a Clarion resident or not
DIAL – contact your Work Coach about this letter reading service in Great Yarmouth
Harlow College – offers employability courses for East Anglia except for Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough devolved areas
LifeLink – provides everyday skills and employability courses for West Suffolk
Longman Training Consultants – contact your Work Coach about this employability course for people in Cambridgeshire
Norfolk Adult Education – provides employability courses for people in Norfolk
Opportunity Suffolk – provides employability support for people out of work for longer than six months in Suffolk
Purfleet Trust – employability support, primarily aimed at homeless people in Kings Lynn
Qube Learning – contact your Work Coach about these employability and team leading courses for most of East Anglia
Rippleacts – provides employability courses for people in norwich
Switch Now – provides everyday skills and employability courses for people with disabilities and additional support needs in St Neot
Training in Cambridgeshire – offers employability courses for Cambridge, Fenland, Huntingdon and Peterborough
Voncap – contact your Work Coach about these online employability courses in
West Suffolk College – contact your Work Coach about the employability courses available to people in Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Stowmarket and Sudbury
Afro Innovation Group - provide bespoke employment and skills training services
GREAT Project - offers Employability Skills training
Positive Communities - offers Employability Skills training
Work and Skills - skills, training, employment – provides 121 and group services of support, advice and information
Work. Live. Leicestershire – provides support to overcome barriers to training, employment, and well-being across rural Leicestershire
Clip Employability for Adults – offers employability For Adults sessions
Nottingham College - offers regular one-day employability workshops
Connecting Communities Binley and Willenhall - provides help to local people to overcome their barriers to work with a range of personal support available for up to a year
Foleshill Women’s Training - offers specialist support for women who need support to search for work, education or training
Kidderminster College - offers employability support
New Start 4 You - provides migrants and others a range of employability and everyday skills
Orbit Customer Hub - provides support to individuals to find work, improve skills and build confidence through tailored support
SYST Business - offers employability support for 18 to 24 year olds
Acorn Training Ltd - offers Personal Development for Employability Level 1
DCG Ilkeston - offers Employability E2 and E3 courses
Derby Adult Learning Service - offers employability and vocational skills courses
NLT Training Services - offers Step into Employment a 6 week course for 18 to 24 years
Portland Pathways - offers customer led employability support - as much or as little as the individual needs
Quality Transport Training Ltd - offers course in Employability Training
Revelation Academy - offers 2 week confidence building and employability programme for 16 to 24-year-olds not in Education, Employment or Training
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - offers employability support to customers in the Meir area
Zink for life and work - provides support for anyone in the High Peak who is looking for work
Avado FastFutures – a 12 week online programme of employability skills for 16-24 year olds
Babington – provides free online courses for employability, team leading and basic skills
Barclays Life Skills – interactive tools, films and activities to learn employability skills for young people
BITC Job Coaching – support for building confidence and learning new everyday skills
BT Stand Out Skills – help built around the skills required to job search and apply for jobs
Climbing Out – 5 day outdoor activity programme to rebuild confidence and self esteem after a traumatic event or injury
Cyrenians – offers employability skills and training across Scotland
Deaf Action – offers an employability service to those who are blind, partially sighted, deaf or hard of hearing
Developing Career Resilience on Open Learn – free online course about staying resilient
EFL Trust – provides academic qualification and life skills
Enable Scotland – runs a women’s returners programme in Scotland for women aged 25 and over who have been out of work for more than 6 months
Fair Start Scotland – contact your Work Coach about this employment support service in Scotland
Free2learn – provides government funded life skills and courses to secure and maintain employment
Go Train – free courses to improve your career prospects
Google Digital Garage Career Development – online courses for people looking for work or to progress their career
Instructus Skills – remote employability and career skill courses
Learning Curve Group – provides distance learning level 2 courses
LinkedIn – a jobseeker checklist, free webinars for jobsearch in challenging times, AI practice bots for interviews and career transition tools
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland – provides free online and in person training courses for Scotland’s emerging markets such as digital and green technology
No One Left Behind – the strategy for placing people at the centre of the design and delivery of employability services
OpenLearn – A DWP and Open University training tool to help people become more employable and find a job
Peopleplus – contact your Work Coach about this 2 day personal development in employability course
Resurgo – employability skills delivered online
Skills to Succeed Academy – contact your Work Coach about this online employability skills training platform
Smart Works – provides interview training and interview clothes for unemployed women
Steadfast Training – provides employability skills courses
Strive Training – provides level 2 employability courses online
Support in Mind Life Skills – provides employability and learning opportunities for people aged 16-65 affected by mental ill health
The Big Issue Recruit – provides re-employability coaching, CV support, interview help and everyday skills support that employers look for
The Blossom Charity – support programme for women to build new skills or set up a business
The Skills Network – courses for employability, everyday and career specific skills
The Skills Toolkit – free courses to help learn new skills or change jobs
Thomas Wall Trust – funding for accredited vocational training courses up to level 3
Timebanking – informal community mentoring and mutual support networks to learn new skills
Triage Central Ltd – provides tailored employability and core skills training for women
Young Women’s Trust Offer – employability services for women aged 18-30
UK Learns – variety of employability and career specific courses
Wise Group – offers a variety of entry level courses that are required before applying for jobs in certain industries
Women’s Returners – contact your Work Coach about this programme for women looking to return to work
City of Glasgow College – contact your Work Coach about this confidence building course
Glasgow Works – contact your Work Coach about these employability courses in Parkhead and Shettleston
Rosemount Lifelong Learning – employability courses available in Springburn and Maryhill
East Lothian Works – offers employability skills courses in East Lothian
Evenbreak – offers employability support with a job board for disabled applicants to be matched with inclusive employers across East Scotland
Intowork – employability support for people with disabilities or long term health conditions in Edinburgh, Lothian and Midlothian
Project Search – employability skills through internships for students with additional needs at Borders College
School of Hard Knocks – offers employability skills courses in Edinburgh
Scottish Borders Council – runs an employment support service to learn new skills to enter the workplace
The Bridges Project – employability support for young people in East Lothian
Works + - offers employability support for young people in the Borders
Angus Council Skills Team – offers employability skills and personal development for people in Angus
DEAP – provides employability training for people in Dundee
Brag – contact your Work Coach about this employability and coaching service for people in Fife
Joined Up for Jobs – signposting and support services for people in Edinburgh looking to move into and progress in employment
CEIS Employability and Skills Programme - contact your Work Coach about this employability programme for people in East and South Ayrshire
Community Learning and Devlopment – contact your Work Coach about this employability and training programme for people in South Ayrshire
Employability Hubs – a directory of places to go in North Ayrshire to basic skills and employability support
ME2U Grange Academy - contact your Work Coach about this employability programme for people in Kilmarnock
Parker Enterprise Onwards and Upwards – contact your Work Coach about this employability programme for people in East Ayrshire
Rural Academy – contact your Work Coach about this training academy for people in Lanark
Tarff Valley Agriculture Pre-Apprentice Programme – support for young people in Dumfries and Galloway to get a career in agriculture
WG13 Find Your Future - contact your Work Coach about this employability and vocational skills programme for young people in East Ayrshire
Adult Learning and Employability – variety of employability courses for people in East Dunbartonshire
Invest in Renfrewshire – runs a range of employability courses for people in Renfrewshire
Spark Your Purpose – contact your Work Coach about this pre-employment programme for 16-24 year olds in Argyll and Bute
Avado FastFutures – a 12 week online programme of employability skills for 16-24 year olds
Babington – provides free online courses for employability, team leading and basic skills
Barclays Life Skills – interactive tools, films and activities to learn employability skills for young people
BITC Job Coaching – support for building confidence and learning new everyday skills (also known as BOOST in Wales)
BT Stand Out Skills – help built around the skills required to job search and apply for jobs
Careers Wales – information to access further education, training or employment
Climbing Out – 5 day outdoor activity programme to rebuild confidence and self esteem after a traumatic event or injury
Developing Career Resilience on Open Learn – free online course about staying resilient
EFL Trust – provides academic qualification and life skills
Free2learn – provides government funded life skills and courses to secure and maintain employment
Go Train – free courses to improve your career prospects
Google Digital Garage Career Development – online courses for people looking for work or to progress their career
Instructus Skills – remote employability and career skill courses
Jobs Growth Wales Plus – training and personal development programme for 16-18 year olds
Learning Curve Group – provides distance learning level 2 courses
LinkedIn – a jobseeker checklist, free webinars for jobsearch in challenging times, AI practice bots for interviews and career transition tools
OpenLearn – A DWP and Open University training tool to help people become more employable and find a job
Peopleplus – contact your Work Coach about this 2 day personal development in employability course
Personal Learning Accounts – online learning accounts for people with low incomes
Resurgo – employability skills delivered online
Scope: Support to Work – free employability support
Skills Gateway – practical guide for employers and employability information for people with disabilities
Skills to Succeed Academy – contact your Work Coach about this online employability skills training platform
Smart Works – provides interview training and interview clothes for unemployed women
Steadfast Training – provides employability skills courses
Strive Training – provides level 2 employability courses online
The Big Issue Recruit – provides re-employability coaching, CV support, interview help and everyday skills support that employers look for
The Blossom Charity – support programme for women to build new skills or set up a business
The Skills Network – courses for employability, everyday and career specific skills
The Skills Toolkit – free courses to help learn new skills or change jobs
Thomas Wall Trust – funding for accredited vocational training courses up to level 3
Timebanking – informal community mentoring and mutual support networks to learn new skills
Triage Central Ltd – provides tailored employability and core skills training for women
UK Learns – variety of employability and career specific courses
Women’s Returners – contact your Work Coach about this programme for women looking to return to work
Working Wales – work advice, funding for training, help for childcare and specialist support
Young Women’s Trust Offer – employability services for women aged 18-30
Achieve More Training – apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship programmes for fitness, leisure, sports coaching and teaching assistants
Adult Community Learning North East Wales – contact your Work Coach or local authority for the latest courses in Flintshire and Wrexham
Arc Enterprises – gain confidence in IT through video learning
Bike to the Future – work based skills training project based in Newtown
Chwarae Teg – The Women’s Programme – programme for women looking at team leader roles as a next step based in Gwynedd, Conwy and Denbighshire
Communities for Work – contact your Work Coach about this project to offer tailored support from local services to help you into work
G2G Communities – LEGO Education courses around team building, working with others and increasing confidence
iCAN Work – help people looking for work who also experience mental health challenges and is available for all North Wales except Powys
Mon CF – employability service and upskilling programmes to help people back to work
North Wales Training Employability Skills Programme – runs courses for essential skills, confidence building, interpersonal skills and interview skills
Working Denbighshire – self referral for getting support to return back to work or progress further
Bridges to Work – contact your Work Coach about this employability support specifically for the long term unemployed
Hafan Cymru – contact your Work Coach about this personal development and employability opportunity for the long term unemployed in Torfaen
Llamau Ltd – provides employability support through work placements for 16-24 year olds who have experienced the care system or youth offending services